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Energy security is national security.

It's a mantra we've heard repeated ad nauseam since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24th—and as recent events have shown, it couldn't be more true.

Just one look at America's current energy portfolio shows the precarious position our country, and our state, is in. Montana, and the United State as a whole, has gone from being a net energy exporter to teetering on the brink of becoming a net importer and an energy crisis that could rival the shortages seen in the 1970's.

But we didn't get here overnight. The energy crisis we are facing isn't just the...